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The end of a great thing
Firestream, the man behind Halocharts (and a number of other projects), has decided to shut down his site – timing is uncertain, but it will be offline in “no more than a few days to a week”. You can read the full story in the top news post on the front page – and if your enjoyment of Halo has benefitted from his programming over the past four years (as mine has), maybe drop a comment into the thread!(Louis Wu 21:46:22 UTC)
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It’s a piece of art
Gamereactor UK has an interview with Frank O’Connor – he talks about why he thinks Halo got so big, and where the franchise is going. Good stuff. Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 18:54:04 UTC)
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Master Grief
Here’s a blog post from a man who drowned the sorrows generated from his breakup in a suit of Spartan armor. Interesting read! Thanks, Hydranockz.(Louis Wu 18:49:54 UTC)
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That’s a low blow.
If you still read newspapers, you might have seen a mention of Halo in today’s Dustin – I found a copy on the website of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. I know I’ve had this discussion with my wife, more than once…(Louis Wu 18:20:53 UTC)
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Tyrant’s LASO Challenge Walkthrough – Exodus
Tyrant has released the next installment of his LASO Challenge Walkthrough – this one will bring you safely through the level Exodus. If you think “well, I’ve watched his Mythic guide already, I don’t need this” – think again. This contains a bunch of refinements that make this level much less painful – it’s not just the same runthrough with Blind turned off. 35 minutes – worth your time! (Louis Wu 18:13:02 UTC)
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IGN’s Top 10 Reach Kills (11.16.11)
ChrisTheeCrappy pointed out the latest IGN Reach Top 10 Kills – some fun ones in there! (Armor-lock-haters will love #1.)(Louis Wu 18:09:52 UTC)
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CruelLEGACEY’s Halo Anniversary Review Pt 1
CruelLEGACEY let us know that he’s posted the first part of his Halo Anniversary review, covering the Campaign. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 18:09:09 UTC)
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Halo Lore in a Minute
Nak3d Eli teamed up with The Lore Channel to bring you Halo Lore in a Minute. It covers prehistory up through Reach. (Louis Wu 18:05:47 UTC)
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Halo CE: Then and Now
Stewie2552 put together a video that constantly jumps back and forth between classic and remastered modes in Halo Anniversary; if you haven’t gotten a good enough look at the graphical changes, this might be for you!(Louis Wu 20:28:07 UTC)
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Star wipes are so 70s, Frank.
Gamasutra’s got an interview with Frank O’Connor covering Halo Anniversary – worth a read. Not a TON of new info, but a nice summary, and some funny moments. Thanks, mPlacki.(Louis Wu 17:39:20 UTC)
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Putting Secrets on Hold
Anniversary’s been out officially for a day now – but there are already guides online for finding all the Campaign terminals, all the GRD dolls in multiplayer, many of the easter eggs hidden throughout both sets of maps, and more. We’re going to hold off a bit from highlighting this stuff (because we think you should have a chance to find it for yourself, and for some of us, links are easy temptation), but if you need this info, just browse our forum (or any other Halo forum on the internet). The truth is out there.(Louis Wu 15:34:04 UTC)
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Buy Armor Piecemeal
McFarlane will sell you new armor for your action figures – but the packs run $30-40 when all is said and done… and you might only want a single pair of shoulder pieces. tadboz bought a couple of packs, and is selling off the bits he can’t use – they’re starting at about a buck each. Might be a nice way to grab that single chest piece you were eyeing!(Louis Wu 15:32:51 UTC)
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Halo Anniversary Map Pack Trailer/Montage
NeoGAF’s Tashi had a blast playing some early custom games with the Halo Anniversary maps – nice 2-minute montage! (Louis Wu 15:32:00 UTC)
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The Halo CE Chronicles – Fearless Pt 2 Ch. 11
Dennis Powers let us know about Fearless Part 2 chapter eleven – unexpected visitors! (Louis Wu 15:31:10 UTC)
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Halo: 10 Years of Building Communities
Operation Chastity, one of the first live-action fan film projects (and still the only one with a driveable Warthog), is spotlighted in a fan documentary on Halo as a community-building force, along with the crew from Haloathon – awesome! (OC’s Pete Cooper is wearing the Leviathan-designed HBO shirt we sold recently, cranking the level up to 11.) Thanks to ChrisTheeCrappy for letting us know.(Louis Wu 15:18:02 UTC)
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F is for Frank, G is for Grim, W is for Claude
Thanks to Hyokin for letting our forum know about a very cool “Halo: A to Z” interview from Gamespot with Frank O’Connor. Don’t dismiss this as a casual overview… there are some juicy little nods and hints toward the future of the franchise in there!(GrimBrother One 13:59:35 UTC)
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Ten Years. (?°?°??? ???
I just don’t know what to post.
I can’t write eloquently enough to document and proclaim how momentous the 10 year anniversary of the release of HALO: Combat Evolved is. That’s today, by the way.
I struggle to define just what HALO: CE is. Sometimes the best way to describe something is to describe what it is not. And the things that HALO: CE wasn’t helped make it what it is.
HALO: CE was an accident. Bought at the last moment by a MEGA CORPORATION to help launch a new product.
And this accident has affected the course of our lives.
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Game Paused vs The World
Game Paused, a company that makes videogame-themed shirts (we’ve worked with them before), is relaunching their website next week, and decided that it might be fun to give away some shirts in celebration of Halo Anniversary. Swing by this page for information on how you and four friends can get in on the action – beat them (they say they’re not that great) and you could go home better-dressed!(Louis Wu 18:41:34 UTC)
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In Vino Veritash.
Yesterday, Halo Heads made a return, to celebrate the release of Halo Anniversary. Today, Stuntmutt gives us a new One One Se7en for the same reason. I think maybe Cortana is wishing she had her OWN Back button…(Louis Wu 14:07:05 UTC)